We ‘re ‘almost at the same level’ with Olympics opponents

Zambia coach Bruce Mwape believes the Copper Queens are ‘almost at the same level’ with Paris 2024 Olympics opponents.

The African giants are in the same group with USA, Australia and Germany.

“For us to be in that group it means we are almost at the same level,” Mwape said

There has been concerns with gulf between Africa’s no.4 ranked team and some of the tournament’s favourites side huge.

“Even the players have the experience and don’t even concentrate on what people are saying. All we want is to focus on the games.“

In 2020 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Copper Queens won plaudits for their breaking taking counter attacking football.

Although Zambia scored 8 goals in three group matches, they were naive and porous at back as they conceded 15 ( 4-4 v China, 10-3 defeat v Netherlands and 1-0 defeat v Brazil).

Star striker scored back to back hatricks against Netherlands and China

“As far as I am concerned, going back to the Olympics.

“We need to improve on our performance because last time we can say it was the first time but this will be the second time the players have the experience to withstand pressure.

The tournament will start on July 24 in France